A client tells the nurse that she takes garlic on a daily basis. ...

[xclash]

A client tells the nurse that she takes garlic on a daily basis. The nurse anticipates that the client is taking garlic for which benefit?
 
  1. To enhance sexual function
  2. To decrease cholesterol and blood pressure
  3. To decrease stomach upset and motion sickness
  4. To work as an antitoxin

Question 2

Although used for many years by various cultures, the effectiveness (or ineffectiveness) of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies has only recently been of interest.
 
  What explanation by the nurse regarding this phenomenon is the most appropriate?
 
  1. The Food and Drug Administration has not been supportive of this type of therapy.
  2. Few have been subjected to rigorous clinical and scientific study.
  3. The popularity of these therapies has only been recent.
  4. Practitioners have not been suggesting them as treatments to their clients.

[eliasc0401]

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: The herb used to enhance sexual function is horny goat weed. Garlic decreases BP and cholesterol.
Rationale 2: Garlic decreases cholesterol and blood pressure.
Rationale 3: Garlic decreases BP and cholesterol. Ginger is used to treat stomach upset and motion sickness.
Rationale 4: Garlic decreases BP and cholesterol. The herb used as an antitoxin is milk thistle.

Global Rationale: Garlic decreases cholesterol and blood pressure. The herb used to enhance sexual function is horny goat weed. Garlic decreases BP and cholesterol. Ginger is used to treat stomach upset and motion sickness. The herb used as an antitoxin is milk thistle.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2

Rationale 1: The popularity of CAM therapies might have led to increased interest on behalf of researchers as well as practitioners, but the effectiveness can only be tested by scientific study. The Food and Drug Administration does not endorse CAM therapies.
Rationale 2: There is research under way to determine the effectiveness of CAM therapies, yet few have been subjected to rigorous clinical and scientific study. It is likely that some of these therapies will become mainstream treatments while others will be found ineffective.
Rationale 3: The popularity of CAM therapies might have led to increased interest on behalf of researchers as well as practitioners, but the effectiveness can only be tested by scientific study. The Food and Drug Administration does not endorse CAM therapies.
Rationale 4: The popularity of CAM therapies might have led to increased interest on behalf of researchers as well as practitioners, but the effectiveness can only be tested by scientific study. The Food and Drug Administration does not endorse CAM therapies.

Global Rationale: There is research under way to determine the effectiveness of CAM therapies, yet few have been subjected to rigorous clinical and scientific study. It is likely that some of these therapies will become mainstream treatments while others will be found ineffective. The popularity of CAM therapies might have led to increased interest on behalf of researchers as well as practitioners, but the effectiveness can only be tested by scientific study. The Food and Drug Administration does not endorse CAM therapies. The popularity of CAM therapies might have led to increased interest on behalf of researchers as well as practitioners, but the effectiveness can only be tested by scientific study. The Food and Drug Administration does not endorse CAM therapies. The popularity of CAM therapies might have led to increased interest on behalf of researchers as well as practitioners, but the effectiveness can only be tested by scientific study. The Food and Drug Administration does not endorse CAM therapies.

[xclash]

Excellent

[momolu]

TYSM